17.24.020 Approval process.
A. Approval Process. An application for a binding site plan review shall be processed by means of a Type II procedure in ACC Title 14 and pursuant to applicable sections of ACC Title 18, Zoning, using approval criteria in subsection B of this section.
B. Preliminary Binding Site Plan Approval. The planning director or designee shall have the authority to review and approve, deny or approve with conditions a proposed binding site plan for the purposes of land division as described in ACC 17.24.010. To grant preliminary approval for a binding site plan application, the planning director or designee, with concurrence from the city engineer for public facilities, must determine that the binding site plan is in accordance with the following:
1. Applicable standards of ACC Titles 12 (Streets, Sidewalks and Public Works), 13 (Water, Sewer and Public Utilities), 15 (Buildings and Construction), 16 (Environment), 18 (Zoning) and 19 (Impact Fees) and the applicable plan policies of the comprehensive plan outlined by staff as being applicable to the proposed development;
2. Technical standards contained in Chapter 17.14 ACC (Improvement Requirements – Subdivisions); and
3. Required mitigation measures imposed as a part of the SEPA review process, if applicable.
C. The city engineer shall approve the design and construction of all public water, sanitary sewer, storm drainage and streets or any other feature of a binding site plan that involves private storm drainage or that lies within an area of special flood hazard. This approval shall be obtained prior to the granting of final binding site plan pursuant to the provisions of ACC 17.24.040 and shall occur in accordance with the city’s specified engineering approval procedures.
D. All development shall be in conformity with the approved binding site plan and any existing or subsequent applicable permit approval. Each binding site plan document shall reference the requirement for compliance with any existing or subsequent permit approval.
E. Final approval must be acquired within five years of preliminary approval, after which time the preliminary binding site plan approval is void. The planning director may grant an extension for one year if the applicant has diligently pursued submittal of the final binding site plan within the five-year time period; provided, however, the applicant must file a written request with the original decision maker requesting the extension at least 30 days before expiration of the five-year period. (Ord. 6239 § 1, 2009.)